April 2022
CDC RECOMMENDS ADDITIONAL BOOSTERS FOR HIGH RISK INDIVIDUALS
Data continue to show the importance of vaccination and booster doses to protect individuals both from infection and severe outcomes of COVID-19. During the recent Omicron surge, those who were boosted were 21-times less likely to die from COVID-19 and 7-times less likely to be hospitalized, as compared to those who were unvaccinated.

Following recent reviews by the FDA and CDC, people over the age of 50 who received an initial booster dose at least 4 months ago are now authorized to receive another mRNA (Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna) booster to increase their protection against severe disease from COVID-19. Immunocompromised individuals also remain eligible to receive another vaccine booster.

As regulatory issues currently hinder private medical practices from readily providing COVID-19 vaccines, Foxhall Internists encourages its eligible patients to visit vaccine.gov or call 800-232-0233 to find pharmacies and other locations that offer COVID-19 vaccines.
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COVID-19 TESTING AND TREATMENT
The coronavirus which causes COVID-19 is still active in the DC area, and every day several of our patients continue to test positive for the virus. If you are symptomatic and have a positive home test, please contact us to discuss your status and possible treatment. We also strongly encourage our patients to self report their positive home tests online.

In addition, we continue to offer PCR testing for COVID-19 in our parking lot on a scheduled basis. Kindly contact your doctor's assistant to schedule a testing appointment if needed.

We prefer to decide on COVID-19 treatment for our patients, based on our knowledge of their personal health condition. However, if you are traveling outside of the DC area and need to find a facility offering COVID-19 testing and treatment, an online Test to Treat locator is available to help find participating sites. A call center is also available at 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489) to provide help from 8:00 a.m. to midnight ET, seven days a week.
NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH
Every nine minutes, a new person joins the national waiting list for an organ transplant.

April is National Donate Life Month and designed to encourage organ donor registration. One person’s donation can positively impact more than 80 people, according to the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration.

Donors don’t have to be in perfect health and can be of any age. It doesn’t cost anything to donate and only takes a few moments to register.

To learn more about organ donation, please visit www.donatelife.net.